 ... reveries of past ages, the indications of an unknown world ; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul," observes a Spanish writer, " was superior to the age in which...  American Quarterly Review - Seite 170herausgegeben von - 1828Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Conway Robinson, Virginia Historical Society - 1848 - 590 Seiten
...indications of an unknown world ; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretel events from the visions of the night. 'His soul,'...he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing a sea which had given rise to so many fables, and of deciphering the mystery of his time.'*... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 320 Seiten
...cations of an unknown world, as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. ' His soul,'...reserved the great enterprise to plough a sea which 20 had given rise to so many fables, and to decipher the mystery of his time.' " With all the visionary... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 518 Seiten
...indications of an unknown world; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul,"...he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing that sea which had given rise to so many fables, and of deciphering the mystery of his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 510 Seiten
...indications of an unknown world ; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul,"...he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing that sea which had given rise to so many fables, and of deciphering the mystery of his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 504 Seiten
...indications of an unknown world; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul," observes a Spanish writer, "was superior to the ago in which he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing that sea which had given... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 278 Seiten
...free from all imprecations, oaths, and other irreverent expressions. With all the visionary fervor of his imagination, its fondest dreams fell short of the reality. He died in ig10* norance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until his last breatli he entertained the idea... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 518 Seiten
...indications of an unknown world ; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul,"...he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing that sea which had given rise to so many fables, and of deciphering the mystery of his... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 Seiten
...and to trace in the conjectures and "'"reveries of past ages, the indications of an unknown world. " His soul," observes a Spanish writer, " was superior...he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise of + traversing a sea which had given rise to so many fables, and of •.aciphering the mystery of... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 Seiten
...soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions ofthenight. „His soul", observes a Spanish writer, „was superior...he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing a sea which had given rise to so many fables, and of deciphering the mystery of bis age."... | |
 | Richard Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 Seiten
...indications of an unknown world, as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul,"...fables, and to decipher the mystery of his time." a new way to the old resorts of opulent commerce, and had discovered some of the wild regions of the... | |
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